College men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

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Check out all the college men’s volleyball matches to follow today and how to follow the matches live.

No. 2/2 BYU (8-0, 0-0 MPSF) vs. No. 3/3 UC Santa Barbara (6-0, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Provo, Utah
Follow live: Live stats, Live video, In-match tweets, TV (BYUtv)
What to know: Two of the top offenses in the nation will face each other in a battle of unbeatens as No. 2/2 BYU opens a two-match home series against No. 3/3 UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos are second in the nation with a .371 attack percentage and have yet to lose a set this season. Setter Casey McGarry is fourth in the nation with a 10.94 assists per game average and has guided the UC Santa Barbara offense to more than a .350 attack percentage in five of the first six matches this season. BYU is third in the country hitting .360, including have more than a .300 attack percentage in back-to-back victories against No. 5/7 UC Irvine last week. Setter Wil Stanley also had double-digit digs in each those two victories and is among the MPSF leaders with a 1.96 digs per game average. The second-year starter also is second in the nation averaging 11.56 assists per game. Along with Stanley, opposite Gabi Garcia Fernandez and outside attacker Davide Gardini are among the nation’s offensive leaders. Fernandez has a nation-best 1.00 aces per game average and is fifth in the country with a 4.39 kills per game average. In addition, Gardini leads the MPSF and is third in the country averaging 4.50 kills per game. The outside attacker has at least 15 kills in four consecutive matches and is eighth in the nation with a .425 attack percentage. UC Santa Barbara on its home court swept BYU in a two-match non-conference series last year. The Gauchos also have three victories at Smith Fieldhouse in the last 10 years.

No. 6/5 Lewis (5-3, 0-0 MIVA) vs. Barton (3-0, 0-0 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals:
5 p.m. in Fairfax, Virginia
Follow live: Live stats, In-match tweets

Harvard (3-2, 0-0 EIVA) vs. Sacred Heart (3-0, 0-0 EIVA)
Match vitals:
6 p.m. in Fairfield, Connecticut
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

No. 7/6 Penn State (4-2, 0-0 EIVA) vs. Ball State (3-3, 0-0 MIVA)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in University Park, Pennsylvania
Follow live: Live stats, In-match tweets

No. 12 George Mason (3-3, 0-0 EIVA) vs. Loyola (3-5, 0-0 MIVA)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Fairfax, Virginia
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (ESPN+), In-match tweets

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Ohio State (6-2, 0-0 MIVA) vs. Saint Francis (2-4, 0-0 EIVA)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Loretto, Pennsylvania
Follow live: Live stats, LIve video, In-match tweets

Limestone (4-0, 1-0 ConfCarolinas) vs. Emmanuel (0-6, 0-3 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Franklin Springs, Georgia
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

Belmont Abbey (2-5, 0-2 ConfCarolinas) vs. Lincoln Memorial (4-3)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Harrogate, Tennessee
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

Lees-McRae (0-4, 0-0 ConfCarolinas) vs. King (3-5, 1-0 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 7 p.m. in Bristol, Tennessee
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

North Greenville (3-2, 1-0 ConfCarolinas) vs. Erskine (2-4, 0-3 ConfCarolinas)
Match vitals: 7 p.m in Due West, South Carolina
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

Queens (3-4) vs. Charleston (1-7, 0-2 EIVA)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Charleston, West Virginia
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

Daemen (1-3) vs. Wittenberg (2-6)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Amherst, New York
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

Urbana (0-8) vs. McKendree (3-4, 0-0 MIVA)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Lebanon, Illinois
Follow live: Live stats, LIve video

Tusculum (2-5) vs. Lindenwood (3-4, 0-0 MIVA)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in St. Charles, Missouri
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

No. 13 Concordia-Irvine (4-2, 1-0 MPSF) vs. UC San Diego (7-2, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in La Jolla, California
Follow live: Live stats, Live video (ESPN+), In-match tweets

USC (1-6, 0-0 MPSF) vs. CSUN (2-5, 0-0 Big West)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Northridge, California
Follow live: Live stats, Live video, In-match tweets

NCAA Division III National Match of the Day

No. 2 Springfield (4-1) vs. No. 8 Wells (8-1)
Match vitals:
7 p.m. in Springfield, Massachusetts
Follow live: Live stats, Live video

NAIA National Match of the Day

Vanguard (3-1) vs. Ottawa (Arizona) (5-1)
Match vitals:
6 p.m. in Surprise, Arizona
Follow live: Live stats, Live video